EP1589884B1 - Ensembles de buse pour instruments chirurgicaux a jet liquide et instruments chirurgicaux utilisant les ensembles de buses - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to nozzle assemblies for liquid jet-forming surgical instruments, surgical instruments employing the nozzle assemblies, and methods of fabricating such surgical instruments.
- liquid jet-forming surgical instruments that include a jet-forming nozzle, see US-A-5135482 and US-A-6135977 .
- Instruments that employ liquid jets have also been utilized in surgical procedures for cutting and ablating tissue. Such instruments can have certain advantages over the above-mentioned traditional surgical instruments for performing surgical and medical procedures.
- the cutting or ablating power of the liquid jet may be adjusted or controlled by an operator of the instrument, for example by varying the pressure of the liquid supplied to form the jet, to allow for improved tissue differentiation and to reduce inadvertent damage to surrounding tissues when cutting or ablating the target tissue.
- the instruments When operated at lower liquid pressures, the instruments can be utilized for lavage and/or debridement of tissue, without substantial cutting.
- liquid jet surgical instruments for performing open surgical procedures, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and surgical procedures performed on an external portion of the body of a patient (e.g., wound cleansing or skin debridement) are known in the art.
- Several such instruments are described in commonly-owned U.S. Patent Nos. 5,944,686, issued August 31, 1999 , 6,375,635, issued April 23, 2002 , and 6,511,493, issued September 17, 2002 , and in commonly-owned published U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0125660 A1, published July 03, 2003 .
- liquid jet-forming surgical instruments typically utilize liquid pressures in excess of 6.9 MPa (1,000 psig) often in the range of 34.4 and 138MPa (between about 5,000 to 20,000 psig), and in some cases up to 344MPa (50,000 psig) or more.
- Typical nozzle internal diameters can range from 25 to 512 mm (about 0.001 to 0.02 inch). In forming such instruments, the ability to fabricate liquid jet-forming nozzles able to withstand such pressures while forming collimated jets is difficult.
- Typical nozzle assemblies for forming collimated jets for liquid jet-forming devices can tend to be expensive to fabricate and/or difficult to fabricate in bulk quantities reproducibly and/or can have relatively large ratios of nozzle length to diameter, which can lead to undesirably large pressure drops.
- Many conventional methods for making such small nozzle openings such as electric discharge machining, microdrilling, and the like, tend to be expensive, relatively slow, and difficult to automate.
- facilitating alignment between liquid jet nozzles and jet receivers in such instruments during fabrication especially for instruments having relatively long jet lengths, e.g. greater than 5 mm can be difficult.
- the present invention provides, in certain embodiments, such improved nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and surgical liquid jet instruments.
- nozzles and nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments Disclosed are nozzles and nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments, surgical instruments employing such nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies, and methods of fabricating the nozzle assemblies in forming surgical instruments.
- liquid jet-fonning surgical instruments including both liquid jet-forming nozzles and optional evacuation lumens, which when provided can be configured to receive the liquid jet and evacuate the liquid forming the liquid jet.
- Certain embodiments of such surgical instruments include inventive nozzle alignment component(s) to facilitate alignment of the nozzles and evacuation lumen upon assembly.
- surgical instruments are provided that include a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet, which has surfaces that are optically smooth.
- the nozzle has a configuration enabling the nozzle to form a liquid jet that has the ability to remain collimated over longer distances than is typically achievable with conventional liquid jet surgical instrument nozzles having the same ratio of nozzle length to minimum inner diameter of the jet opening.
- nozzle assemblies comprising an operative assembly of at least two sub-components, which together provide a nozzle are provided.
- the at least two sub-components comprise a nozzle-providing component, such as a nozzle ring, and a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component in the nozzle assembly.
- the nozzle-providing component comprises a liquid flow passage having a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of its length.
- surgical instruments comprising a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle assembly; wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component, and wherein the nozzle-providing component comprises a liquid flow passage having a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of a liquid flow path through the liquid flow passage are disclosed.
- surgical instruments comprising a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle assembly; wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component; and wherein the holder comprises a recessed well having a seating surface comprising a hole, which hole is in fluid communication with the pressure lumen, the hole having an inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component when the nozzle-providing component is contained within the recessed well of the holder, and wherein the recessed well of the holder has an inner diameter at least as great as the outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component when the nozzle-providing component is contained within the recessed well of the holder are disclosed.
- surgical instruments comprising a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle assembly; wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component, the holder comprising a recessed well formed in the distal tip of the pressure lumen are disclosed.
- surgical instruments comprising a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle assembly; wherein the nozzle-providing component comprises a ring having an outer diameter not greater than 2.54 mm (0.1 inch) and a height, as measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of a hole defining a liquid flow path through the ring, less than the outer diameter are disclosed.
- surgical instruments comprising a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle; wherein the nozzle comprises a hole, defining a liquid flow path through the nozzle, which has surfaces that are optically smooth are disclosed.
- Surgical instruments in accordance with the invention comprise a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to the nozzle; wherein a ratio of a liquid flow path length through the nozzle to a minimum inner diameter of a jet-forming orifice of the nozzle does not exceed 4; and wherein the liquid jet formed by the instrument when in operation has a cone angle not exceeding 10 degrees.
- surgical instruments comprising a pressure lumen configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid comprising at or near its distal end a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet; an evacuation lumen comprising a jet-receiving opening locatable opposite the nozzle to receive at least a portion of the liquid jet emitted from the nozzle, when the instrument is in operation, and which is configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid away from the jet-receiving opening; and a nozzle alignment component located at or near the distal end of the instrument that is configured and positioned to connect to the pressure lumen and, upon connection to the pressure lumen, to align the nozzle with respect to the evacuation lumen so that the liquid jet enters the jet-receiving opening along a selected trajectory, when the instrument is in operation are disclosed.
- nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component within the nozzle assembly, wherein the nozzle-providing component comprises a liquid flow passage having a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of a liquid flow path through the liquid flow passage are disclosed.
- nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments comprising a nozzle-providing component that is shaped to form a liquid jet; and a holder that is configured to retain and position the nozzle-providing component within the nozzle assembly, wherein the holder comprises a recessed well having a seating surface comprising a hole, which hole is connectable in fluid communication with a source of pressurized liquid, the hole having an inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component when the nozzle-providing component is contained within the recessed well of the holder, and wherein the recessed well of the holder has an inner diameter at least as great as the outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component when the nozzle-providing component is contained within the recessed well of the holder are disclosed.
- nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments comprising a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet; wherein the nozzle comprises a hole, defining a liquid flow path through the nozzle, which has surfaces that are optically smooth are disclosed.
- nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments comprising a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet; wherein a ratio of a liquid flow path length through the nozzle to a minimum inner diameter of a jet-forming orifice of the nozzle does not exceed 4; and wherein the liquid jet formed by the nozzle assembly when in operation has a cone angle not exceeding 10 degrees are disclosed.
- the invention is provides methods for fabricating a nozzle assembly of a liquid jet-forming surgical instrument.
- methods for fabricating a nozzle assembly of a liquid jet-forming surgical instrument comprising affixing a nozzle-providing component in the shape of a ring, the nozzle-providing component having an outer diameter and a liquid flow passage through the nozzle-providing component wherein the flow passage has a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of a liquid flow path through the liquid flow passage, to or within a holder, the holder being connectable in fluid communication with a source of pressurized liquid, thereby forming the nozzle assembly, such that the nozzle assembly is able to withstand an internal liquid pressure of at least about 6.9 MPa (1,000 psig) without failure are disclosed.
- methods assembling at least a portion of a liquid jet-forming surgical instrument comprising connecting at least a distal portion of a pressure lumen, the pressure lumen comprising at or near its distal end a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet, and at least a distal portion of an evacuation lumen, the evacuation lumen comprising a jet-receiving opening locatable opposite the nozzle, to a nozzle alignment component located at or near the distal end of the instrument, such that upon connection of the pressure lumen and the evacuation lumen to the nozzle alignment component without further alignment steps, the nozzle is aligned with respect to the evacuation lumen so that a liquid jet formed by the nozzle enters the jet-receiving opening along a selected trajectory, when the instrument is in operation are disclosed.
- nozzles and nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments Disclosed are nozzles and nozzle assemblies of liquid jet-forming surgical instruments, surgical instruments employing such nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies, and methods of fabricating the nozzle assemblies in forming surgical instruments.
- liquid jet-forming surgical instruments including both liquid jet-forming nozzles and optional evacuation lumens, which when provided can be configured to receive the liquid jet and evacuate the liquid forming the liquid jet.
- Certain embodiments of such surgical instruments include inventive nozzle alignment component(s) to facilitate alignment of the nozzles and evacuation lumen upon assembly.
- the surgical instruments can take on many configurations, depending on the particular application.
- the surgical instruments can comprise a surgical handpiece with a body designed to be gripped by the hand of an operator during a surgical or medical procedure.
- the surgical instruments can comprise an elongated tubular device, such as a catheter, or can take on other configurations. Additional configurations which can employ certain aspects of the present invention are discussed in Applicant's U.S. Patent Nos. 5,944,686 ; 6,375,635 and 6,511,493 , and commonly-owned U.S.
- Such instruments typically include a "distal end” and a “proximal end.”
- a “distal end” of surgical instrument refers to that portion of the instrument that is adapted to perform a surgical procedure on a patient.
- the distal end typically includes such structure as the nozzle and nozzle assembly, a jet-receiving opening of an evacuation lumen, when an evacuation lumen is provided, a nozzle alignment component for certain embodiments, and, optionally, other tissue-contacting and/or tissue-altering components. While the "distal end” is typically located at a position on the instrument farthest from the operator during use (i.e., a distal-most position), this need not always be the case.
- proximal end of the instrument refers to that portion of the instrument adapted to be controllable by an operator of the instrument.
- the proximal end typically includes a body configured and adapted to be grasped by the hand of an operator during use.
- the surgical instruments are typically referred to as being “liquid jet” instruments, it should be understood that, while, in certain embodiments involving tissue cutting, the use of liquids to form the jet is preferred, in alternative embodiments, surgical instruments according to the invention could utilize fluids other than liquids, such as certain gases. Accordingly, whenever “liquid” or “liquid-jet” is indicated, the terms “fluid” (encompassing both liquids and gases) and “fluid jet,” respectively, should be considered interchangeable, unless otherwise specified.
- kits including an inventive surgical instrument, or component thereof in combination with instructions directing an operator to dispose of at least the portion, and in some instances of the entire instruments, after a single use.
- Instructions can and often do define a component of promotion, and typically involve written instructions on or associated with packaging of instruments or components of the invention. Instructions also can include any oral or electronic instructions provided in any manner.
- the "kit” typically, and preferably, defines a package including both any one or a combination of the components and/or instruments of the invention and the instructions, but can also include the components and/or instruments of the invention and instructions of any form that are provided in connection with the components and/or instruments in a manner such that a clinical professional will clearly recognize that the instructions are to be associated with the specific components and/or instruments.
- nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies for liquid jet-forming surgical instruments, as well liquid jet-forming surgical instruments employing such nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies.
- inventive nozzles and nozzle assemblies can provide improved performance over conventional nozzles in that the nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies can improve one or more of the following performance characteristics: the degree of collimation of liquid jets formed by the nozzle, the ease and economy of manufacturing the nozzles and/or nozzle assemblies reproducibility and/or ease of fabrication and/or alignment of the nozzles along a desired, the ability to form relatively collimated liquid jets over relatively long jet lengths with lower pressure drops through the nozzle than in conventional nozzle designs, etc.
- Various embodiments of the nozzle assemblies, nozzles, and surgical instruments described below can achieve one or more of the above-described advantageous performance characteristics and, in certain embodiments, all of the above-described performance characteristics.
- surgical instruments include a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet, which has surfaces that are optically smooth.
- optically smooth refers to a surface that is smooth on the scale of the wavelength of visible light.
- the ability to provide nozzles having such smooth surfaces can reduce the degree of induced turbulence in the liquid forming the jet, thereby improving the degree of collimation of the jet and reducing pressure drop across the nozzle during formation of the jet.
- one method of forming nozzles having optically smooth surfaces involves forming such surfaces using techniques involving the electrodeposition of conductive materials, such as metals.
- nozzle refers to a lumen or conduit having a reduced inner diameter with respect to the inner diameter of a region of a conduit or container, with which the nozzle is in fluid communication, upstream of the nozzle. It should be noted that the reduced inner diameter of the nozzle is tapered along the flow path through the nozzle. Moreover, the cross-sectional shape of the flow path through the nozzle can be any suitable shape. In certain embodiments, illustrated herein, the cross sectional shape is a circle.
- a "jet-forming orifice” or “jet opening” of a nozzle refers to the smallest diameter orifice in the nozzle from which a liquid jet formed by the nozzle is emitted. The initial diameter of the liquid jet typically corresponds to the cross sectional diameter of the jet-fonning orifice/jet opening.
- the invention provides a surgical instrument including a nozzle having a configuration enabling the nozzle to form a liquid jet that has the ability to remain collimated over longer distances than is typically achievable with conventional nozzles having the same ratio of liquid flow path length through the nozzle to minimum inner diameter of the jet forming orifice of the nozzle.
- inventive nozzles have the ability to form liquid jets characterized by a cone angle that is less than would be the cone angle formed by a typical nozzle of conventional design for a surgical liquid jet instrument and having the same ratio of liquid flow path length to minimum inner diameter of the jet forming orifice.
- a “liquid flow path length” through the nozzle or, equivalently, “nozzle length” as used herein refers to the length of the nozzle (see above definition of nozzle) as measured along a central axis of the hole comprising the flow path of the nozzle.
- a “cone angle" of a liquid jet is given its ordinary meaning and is illustrated and discussed in more detail in the context of Fig. 4C (where the cone angle of liquid jet 130 equals 2 ⁇ A as illustrated).
- nozzle assemblies comprising nozzle-providing components and surgical instruments employing such nozzle assemblies are provided.
- a "nozzle assembly” as used herein refers to an operative assembly of at least two sub-components, which together provide a nozzle that is shaped to form a liquid jet.
- the at least two sub-components may comprise the above-mentioned nozzle-providing component and a holder that is configured to retain and position a nozzle-providing component in the nozzle assembly.
- a "nozzle assembly” as used herein would not apply to a nozzle structure that is integrally formed in a container or lumen, such as a hole in a wall of such container/lumen or a necked-down region of an outlet end of such a lumen.
- a "nozzle-providing component” as used herein refers to a sub-component of a nozzle assembly that includes as part of its structure a nozzle.
- the nozzle-providing component in order to improve the efficiency of the inventive nozzles and nozzle-providing components and provide a vena contracta effect, can comprise a liquid flow passage having a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of its length, and in certain embodiments continuously decreases along essentially the entirety of its length.
- a liquid flow passage through the nozzle-providing component is provided by fabricating the nozzle-providing component so that it has a curved cross-sectional profile, and in one embodiment a semicircular profile.
- a liquid flow path through the nozzle-providing component having a continuously decreasing diameter along the direction of liquid flow can enable the inventive nozzle-providing components to produce liquid jets having a desirable degree of collimation while also having a liquid flow path that is relatively short, which can lead to a reduced pressure drop for the nozzle compared with many conventional surgical liquid jet instrument nozzle designs.
- the nozzle-providing component comprises a ring that has an outer diameter not greater than 2.54 mm (0.1 inch) and height, as measured in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hole defining the liquid flow path through the ring, that is less than the outer diameter of the ring.
- a "ring" as used in the above-context in describing certain nozzle-providing components of the invention refers to such a component having the shape of a torus, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the torus, taken in a plain containing the central axis of the hole of the torus, can be any closed plane curve, e.g. a circle, rectangle, triangle, semicircle, etc.
- the cross-sectional shape of the ring is a semicircle.
- the invention provides surgical instruments.
- the surgical instruments include a pressure lumen that is configured and positioned to convey a flow of liquid to a nozzle shaped to form a liquid jet positioned at or near the distal end of the pressure lumen.
- Certain surgical instruments also include an optional evacuation lumen comprising a jet-receiving opening locatable opposite the nozzle to receive at least the portion of the liquid jet that is emitted from the nozzle, when the instrument is in operation, and which is configured and positioned within the instrument to convey a flow of liquid away from the jet-receiving opening toward the proximal end of the instrument.
- Certain embodiments of such surgical instruments include an inventive nozzle alignment component located at or near the distal end of the instrument that is configured and positioned, as described in more detail below in the context of Figs. 4A-6D , to connect to the pressure lumen and, upon connection to the pressure lumen, to align the nozzle with respect to the evacuation lumen so that the jet enters the jet-receiving opening along a selected trajectory, when the instrument is in operation.
- the nozzle alignment component is configured to connect to both the pressure lumen and the evacuation lumen to provide the above-described alignment.
- Figs. 4A-5D the nozzle alignment component is configured to connect to both the pressure lumen and the evacuation lumen to provide the above-described alignment.
- the nozzle alignment component comprises an insert including a groove and/or a lumen therein that is sized and configured to contain and secure the distal end of the pressure lumen.
- a downstream end of the insert may also be sized and configured to be insertable in the jet-receiving opening of the evacuation lumen.
- the nozzle assembly is fabricated by combining a nozzle-providing component, such as a nozzle ring, with a holder that secures and positions the nozzle-providing component and is connectable to a source of pressurized fluid.
- a nozzle ring is fabricated by a technique that is preferably able to produce desirable quantities of such nozzle rings economically and reproducibly. Any suitable technique may potentially be used to fabricate nozzle rings that will provide a desirable level of reproducibility, uniformity, smoothness, and fabrication economy.
- the nozzle rings are obtained that are made by a photolithographic technique coupled with subsequent electrodeposition, as described in more detail below in the context of Figs. 1A-1E .
- Nozzle rings fabricated according to this technique can be stable, and can typically be readily handled manually or by machine and subject to quality control inspection, etc., before being assembled into a nozzle assembly of a surgical instrument.
- nozzle-providing components or nozzle rings could also be made by other techniques, such as by drilling of preform blanks - e.g. via mechanical drilling, laser drilling, electric discharge machining, or any other known technique capable of reliably forming holes with a desired jet-forming orifice diameter e.g.
- nozzle rings are fabricated by slicing a piece of tubing having suitable inner and outer diameters.
- a subsequent step of the exemplary fabrication method can involve forming or providing a nozzle-providing component holder, into which the nozzle-providing component is installed, and to which a source of high-pressure liquid is in fluid communication or can be connected in fluid communication.
- a variety of configurations and materials can be utilized in forming the holder of the nozzle assembly.
- a structure in which the holder is formed comprises high pressure tubing forming a pressure lumen of the surgical instrument. Such tubing can be selected to be suitable for connection to a source of liquid having a pressure desirable for operation of the instrument, e.g.
- the tubing also, desirably, is configured to facilitate bending as required to form desired configurations of the distal portion of the pressure lumen of the surgical instrument (e.g. see Figs. 4A-6D and associated discussion).
- the holder is formed, for example in thin-walled tubing comprising the pressure lumen, by creating a recessed well in the tubing or other holder structure, wherein the recessed well has a seating surface having a bore therethrough that is in fluid communication with the pressure lumen of the instrument.
- the inner diameter of the bore through the seating surface should be less than the outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component.
- the inner diameter of the recessed well may be at least as great as the outer diameter of the nozzle-providing component, when it is in a relaxed configuration prior to insertion in the recessed well, or, in other embodiments, may be somewhat smaller in diameter, so that the nozzle-providing component can be press fit and somewhat deformed upon insertion in to the recessed well.
- the shape and size of the recessed well is selected such that, upon insertion of the nozzle-providing component into the well, the nozzle-providing component becomes automatically positioned, via mating interaction with contacting surfaces of the recessed well of the holder, such that a liquid jet formed by the nozzle of the nozzle-providing component will be directed along a desired trajectory within the surgical instrument.
- the recessed well is formed in tubing comprising the pressure lumen at a distal tip of the pressure lumen.
- a "distal tip" of the pressure lumen as used herein refers to the distal-most end and outlet of the pressure lumen, e.g. as illustrated in Figs. 2A and 2B .
- the recessed well typically comprises a region of the tubing or holder structure having an inner diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the bore through the seating surface.
- This enlarged inner diameter section may be made by any suitable technique, for example, by drilling, boring, flaring, etc.
- the enlarged inner diameter section is made by localized stretching and expansion of the distal tip of the pressure lumen, e.g. as illustrated and discussed in the context of Fig. 2B .
- a nozzle ring or other nozzle-providing components may, instead of being installed into a well formed directly in the distal tip or side wall of the pressure lumen, be installed in a plate or other structure, in which a holder of similar configuration to that described above is formed.
- the inner diameter of the hole formed in the seating surface of the holder is substantially larger than the smallest diameter of the jet opening of the nozzle of the nozzle-providing component, for example, in certain embodiments it is at least twice as great in diameter, and in other embodiments it is at least three or four, or more, times larger.
- the nozzle-providing component such as a nozzle ring
- the nozzle-providing component can be affixed and secured to or within the holder, such that the nozzle assembly thus formed is able to withstand an internal liquid pressure at least as great as that expected to be utilized for forming the liquid jet of the surgical instrument, for example at least about, without failure of the nozzle assembly, e.g., by mechanical failure or undesirable leakage or misdirection of liquid.
- an internal liquid pressure at least as great as that expected to be utilized for forming the liquid jet of the surgical instrument, for example at least about, without failure of the nozzle assembly, e.g., by mechanical failure or undesirable leakage or misdirection of liquid.
- a variety of ways of affixing and securing the nozzle-providing component within the nozzle assembly may be utilized.
- the nozzle-providing component is secured after its insertion into a recessed well positioned at a distal tip of high pressure tubing by crimping the end of the tubing, so that the nozzle-providing component is prevented from moving.
- separate structures may be utilized for retaining and securing the nozzle-providing component, such as retaining rings, caps, plates, etc.
- Other means of retention can include, without limitations, the use of adhesive, welding, brazing, soldering, or any other suitable means of retention, known to those skilled in the art.
- the securing means utilized to hold the nozzle-providing component in place need not be able to provide a high level of retention force, and can include securing components such as elastomer O-rings, adhesives, deformable lightweight metal or plastic retainers (e.g. locking washers, etc), disks or rings of paper or other fibrous materials, screens, etc. Such restraints need only prevent the nozzle-providing component from becoming incorrectly positioned in the absence of water pressure.
- a disk or plug of filter paper or other material permeable to liquid flow, and lacking any central hole is used both to retain the nozzle-providing component and to prevent its plugging by debris (see, e.g. Fig. 6A ).
- exemplary nozzle assemblies including a specific embodiment of a nozzle-providing component in the form of a nozzle ring, is described below in the context of Figs. 1A-3C .
- One exemplary embodiment for fabricating a nozzle ring and a nozzle ring formed thereby is illustrated in Figs. 1A-1E .
- Rings produced by the illustrated method or similar methods and having the characteristics, dimensions and configurations described and illustrated in Figs. 1A-1E are available for fabrication commercially and were obtained from Dynamics Research Corporation (Wilmington, Massachusetts).
- the illustrated method comprises a photolithographic technique, wherein the nozzle rings are formed via the electrodeposition of a metal.
- the exemplary nozzle ring forming method described below is similar in certain respects to that disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,954,225 .
- an array of circles 10 is first printed on a substrate 12, and the printed array can be converted to a photolithography mask 14 by conventional techniques.
- mask 14 is used, to produce a congruent array of conductive circles 16 in a thin layer of a photoresist material 18 on a glass plate 20.
- the photolithography mask 14 includes feature forming elements 10 having the shape of a circle, in other embodiments other shapes may be utilized. As explained below, the shape of elements 10 dictates the perimetric shape of the nozzle ring, which is selected to correspond to the cross-sectional shape of the holder in which the nozzle ring will be placed.
- the holder of the nozzle assembly such as a distal tip of the pressure lumen, has a circular cross-section, so that the nozzle rings are formed having a perimetric shape that is circular, as illustrated in Fig. 1E .
- the diameter of elements 10 corresponds to a diameter of a center line 22 of the solid portion of the ring, thereby also affecting the outer diameter OD of the ring 21 and the inner diameter ND of the hole 28 in the ring defining the jet opening of nozzle 30 (see Fig. 1E ).
- these values are selected based upon the desired initial diameter of the liquid jet (for inner diameter ND ) and the inner diameter of the recessed well portion of the holder (for outer diameter OD of ring 21 ). Referring again to Fig. 1B , when the rings are duplicated on an appropriate scale in a photoresist material and it is developed, small, thin circular lines 16 of conductive material are produced on glass plate 20.
- a variety of known electroplating/electrodeposition techniques can potentially be utilized for forming the nozzle rings 21, in the illustrated embodiment, referring to Fig. 1C , plate 20 bearing the conductive circles 16 is placed in a plating bath 32.
- metal for example a nickel-cobalt alloy is plated and allowed to build up uniformly on the conductive regions 16, producing a ring 21 in the shape of a ring torus, wherein the ring torus is hemispherical, such that a cross-section 34 of the ring by a plane containing the longitudinal axis 36 of the hole 38 defining the liquid flow path through the ring, has the shape of a semicircle, as illustrated in Fig. 1D and 1E .
- Nozzle ring 21 After a selected time in plating bath 32, nozzle ring 21 attains a desired thickness H so as to produce a central hole 38 comprising a nozzle 30 with a desired minimum ND comprising a jet opening 28 of nozzle 30.
- Nozzle ring 21, as illustrated in Fig. 1D has the above-described hemispherical shape analogous to a ring torus having a circular cross-section (i.e. like a bagel) which has been sliced in half through a central plan perpendicular to axis 36 of its hole 38 (e.g. like slicing a bagel along its "equator" to make a bagel sandwich).
- the minimum diameter portion of hole 38, which is on flat surface 40 of nozzle ring 21, is, in certain preferred embodiments, used as the jet opening 28 of nozzle 30 in that it is used as the exit for fluid passing through nozzle ring 21, when it is oriented in a functioning nozzle assembly.
- semicircular cross-section 34 is characterized by a radius R having as its origin conductive circle 16 initially formed in the step illustrated Fig. 1B .
- Radius R also, in the illustrated embodiment, defines the height H of nozzle ring 21 and the length of nozzle 30.
- Finished nozzle rings 21 can be detached from plate 20, by conventional means, and, if required, cleaned in preparation for inserting them into holders for forming the inventive nozzle assemblies, as described in further detail in Figs. 2A-3C .
- a detached nozzle ring 21 is illustrated in cross-section in Fig. 1E . Referring to Fig. 1E , a variety of exemplary dimensions are given below, which have been found useful in the practice of certain exemplary embodiments of the invention and for constructing certain exemplary embodiments of the surgical instruments described below and illustrated in Figs. 4A-6D .
- nozzle ring 21 will have an outer diameter OD not greater than about 2.54 mm (0.1 inch) and a height H that is less than the outer diameter.
- the outer diameter OD of nozzle ring 21 is between 0.5 and 2.54 mm (0.02 inch and 0.1 inch)
- outer diameter OD of nozzle ring 21 is between 0.76 and 1.0 mm (0.03 inch and 0.04 inch) and the height H of the ring is between 126 ⁇ m and 0.25 mm (0.005 inch and 0.01 inch).
- the nozzle ring is used for forming a nozzle assembly in a distal tip of a pressure lumen
- which pressure lumen has an inner diameter of 0.76 mm (0.03 inch) and an outer diameter of 1.27 mm (0.05 inch)
- the outer diameter OD of ring 21 is about 0.86 mm (0.034 inch) and the height H of the ring is about 178 ⁇ m (0.007 inch).
- the minimum diameter ND of jet opening 28, which defines the initial diameter of the liquid jet emitted from nozzle ring 21 in operation, is between about 75 ⁇ m and about 0.50 mm (about 0.001 and about 0.02 inch) in certain embodiments is between about 50 ⁇ m and about 0.25 mm (about 0.002 inch and about 0.01 inch) and in certain embodiments is between about 76 ⁇ m and about 178 ⁇ m (about 0.003 and about 0.007 inch). In one exemplary embodiment, inner diameter ND is about 127 ⁇ m (0.005 inch).
- nozzle ring 21 can have extremely smooth liquid contacting surfaces 42 on the upstream side of the nozzle ring and a gradually decreasing inner diameter of nozzle 30, the nozzle ring can have the ability to form highly collimated liquid jets even for relatively low ratios of nozzle length H to jet opening diameter ND.
- a liquid jet formed by a nozzle ring such as nozzle ring 21 can have a cone angle not exceeding 10 degrees, when the ratio of nozzle length H to jet opening diameter ND does not exceed 4, in certain embodiments when the ratio does not exceed 2, and in certain other embodiments where the ratio does not exceed 1.5.
- the liquid jet formed can have a cone angle between 3 degrees and 6 degrees.
- the cone angle refers to the angle formed at the apex of the liquid jet (see Fig. 4C , wherein the cone angle equals 2 x A).
- holder 50 comprises a distal tip of tubing 52, which may be a pressure lumen of a surgical instrument of the invention, which has been bored to produce a recessed well 54 having an inner diameter Z greater than the inner diameter LD of lumen 56 of the tubing 52.
- the base of recessed well 54 comprises a seating surface 58, which, as explained in further detail below, serves to position and orient a nozzle ring or other nozzle-providing component inserted into the holder.
- Seating surface 58 may, optionally, be beveled, as illustrated, to assist in retention and orientation of a nozzle ring, as explained in more detail below.
- the selection of the inner diameter Z of recessed well 54, in comparison with the outer diameter OD of nozzle ring 21, will depend upon the technique utilized for securing the nozzle ring within the holder. For embodiments, such as illustrated in Fig.
- seating surface 58 is located upstream of the nozzle ring, such that pressure applied to the ring, as liquid passes through the nozzle ring in forming the liquid jet, tends to force the nozzle ring away from the seating surface so that the nozzle ring must be strongly retained in recessed well 54 to resist such pressure and force, and wherein the retaining force is provided via press fitting an oversized nozzle ring into recessed well 54, the recessed well of he holder should have an inner diameter Z somewhat less than the outer diameter OD of the nozzle ring as measured when the nozzle ring is in an unstressed configuration prior to insertion of the nozzle ring into the recessed well of the holder.
- the recessed well of he holder should have an inner diameter Z somewhat less than the outer diameter OD of the nozzle ring as measured when the nozzle ring is in an unstressed configuration prior to insertion of the nozzle ring into the recessed well of the holder.
- inner diameter Z of recessed well 54 can be equal to or somewhat larger than outer diameter OD of the nozzle ring 21.
- outer diameter OD of nozzle ring 21 is about 0.86 mm (0.034 inch)
- inner diameter Z of recessed well 54 can be selected to be between about 0.89 mm and about 1.01 mm (about 0.035 and about 0.04 inch).
- the degree of oversize can range between about 1% and about 20%, in certain embodiments between about 5% and about 15%.
- Holder 50 is configured to retain and position a nozzle-providing component in a configuration in which a liquid jet formed by a nozzle of the nozzle-providing component is directed along a desired trajectory.
- a liquid jet formed by the nozzle-providing component when assembled into a nozzle assembly comprising holder 50 , is oriented co-linear with longitudinal axis 60 of pressure lumen 56 , then seating surface 58 should provide a seat coplanar to or geometrically centered about a plane perpendicular to longitudinal axis 60 , as is illustrated in Fig. 2A .
- the inner diameter LD of hole 62 through seating surface 58 is selected, in certain embodiments, to be less than the outer diameter OD of nozzle ring 21.
- LD of hole 62 may be in the range of between about 0.51 mm and about 0.76 mm (about 0.02 and about 0.03 inch).
- the specific dimension selected for LD is, typically, not critical. In certain embodiments, however, it is preferred that LD be greater than the inner diameter ND of jet opening 28 of nozzle ring 21 by at least a factor of about 2, and certain embodiments by at least a factor of about 4, and certain embodiments by at least a factor of about 6.
- LD can be selected to be equal to the inner diameter of lumen 56 of tubing 52 comprising holder 50 .
- Fig. 2B illustrates an alternative embodiment illustrating a holder 50 ', which is substantially similar to holder 50 illustrated in Fig. 2A , except that recessed well 54 is formed in tubing 52 by expanding a distal tip 63 of tubing 52 to form the recessed well 54 having expanded the inner diameter Z' .
- Fig. 2C illustrates yet another embodiment for providing a holder 50" of a nozzle assembly of the invention, wherein the holder comprises a recessed well 54 formed in a plate or side wall of a pressure container, as opposed to at a distal end of a length of tubing, as previously illustrated.
- wall 64 of holder 50" comprises a side wall of high pressure tubing forming a pressure lumen of a surgical instrument provided with a nozzle assembly of the invention.
- recessed well 54 of holder 50" includes a seating surface 58' that is essentially planar, instead of beveled, or slanted as previously illustrated. As illustrated and discussed below in the context of Fig.
- planar seating surfaces can be advantageous for use when the seating surface is positioned downstream of the nozzle-providing component in the nozzle assembly (as illustrated in Fig. 3C ), wherein, when a nozzle ring such as illustrated in Fig. 1E is utilized, the flat surface 40 of the nozzle ring 21 can contact and make sealing contact with seating surface 58'.
- Figs. 3A-3C illustrate several exemplary embodiments for the affixing, securing, and retaining of a nozzle-providing component, such as nozzle ring 21 in a holder to construct an operable nozzle assembly provided according to the invention.
- nozzle assembly 70 comprises holder 50, previously illustrated in Fig. 2A , into which nozzle ring 21 has been inserted.
- Nozzle ring 21 has been inserted into recessed well 54 of holder 50 of nozzle assembly 70 so that its curved surfaces 42 face the high pressure of the upstream side of the fluid flow path through tubing 52.
- nozzle-providing components including a flat side and a side having curvature providing a hole through the nozzle-providing component that is tapered, such as illustrated, it is preferred to orient such a nozzle-providing component so that the curved surfaces face upstream, thereby providing a nozzle having a decreasing inner diameter along the length of the fluid flow path through the nozzle, which can enhance the efficiency and vena contracta effect of the nozzle, as previously described.
- nozzle ring 21 has an outer diameter OD, as measured in a relaxed configuration, that is somewhat larger than the inner diameter Z of recessed well 54 of holder 50.
- nozzle ring 21 can be press-fit into recessed well 54.
- nozzle assembly 70 need not include any additional retaining elements positioned in the holder downstream of the nozzle-providing component (i.e. need not include an optional nozzle retaining element 72 shown in dotted outline and discussed in more detail below).
- nozzle assembly 70 including a nozzle ring 21 having an outer diameter OD when in an unstressed configuration that is somewhat larger than the inner diameter Z of recessed wall 54 of holder 50, is pressure stable at desired operating pressures
- a selected degree of oversize of the outer diameter of nozzle ring 21 enabling the nozzle ring to withstand operating pressures without becoming dislodged from the holder is provided.
- sufficient pressure stability of the nozzle assembly can be provided when the outer diameter OD of the unstressed nozzle ring exceeds the inner diameter ring Z of the recessed well of the holder by less than 10%, and in certain embodiments by an amount between about 1% and 3%. As illustrated in Fig.
- a slanted or beveled seating surface can be formed via a variety of conventional machining techniques and can comprise, for example, a counter bore providing essentially flat angled surfaces, a counter sync bore, providing conical seating surfaces, or a ball seat, providing curved seating surfaces.
- a counter bore providing essentially flat angled surfaces
- a counter sync bore providing conical seating surfaces
- a ball seat providing curved seating surfaces.
- the seating surface be beveled with a counter sync bore, thereby providing conical seating surfaces.
- the nozzle assemblies formed according to the invention be able to withstand desirable operating pressures for forming liquid jets without failure, undesirable leakage, or undesirable misorientation of a liquid jet due to displacement of the nozzle-providing component within the holder.
- a nozzle-providing component it is desirable for a nozzle-providing component to be secured and retained by the holder sufficiently such that the nozzle assembly is able to withstand an internal liquid pressure of at least about 6.9 MPa (1,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 13.8 MPa (2,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 20.7 MPa (3,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 34.4 MPa (5,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 69 MPa (10,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 103 MPa (15,000 psig) without failure, in certain embodiments, at least about 207 MPa (30,000 psig) without failure, and yet in other embodiments, at least about 344 MPa (50,000 psig) or more without failure.
- an additional retaining element such as retaining element 72
- retaining element 72 can be provided downstream of the nozzle ring 21 to retain and secure it within the nozzle assembly.
- a retaining element can be any suitable retaining means such as one of those previously mentioned.
- retaining element 72 can comprise a rigid ring or disk press-fit into the recessed well, or a weld or solder bead.
- the retaining element can comprise a region 74 of tubing 52 at its distal tip and downstream of nozzle ring 21 that has been crimped, for example with a crimping die 76 to compress the tubing downstream of the ring so that the nozzle ring is securely contained within nozzle assembly 70'.
- Fig. 3C illustrates an embodiment of a nozzle assembly 70" utilizing holder 50" illustrated and discussed above in the context of Fig. 2C .
- seating surface 58' is located downstream of nozzle ring 21, such that pressurized liquid passing through the nozzle ring and forming the liquid jet tends to force flat surface 40 of the nozzle ring into contact with planar seating surface 58'.
- a retaining element 78 is used to hold nozzle ring 21 in place in recessed well 54 of holder 50". Retaining element 78 may be inserted via press fitting with a swage 80 to provide sufficient retaining force to hold nozzle ring 21 in place.
- a swaging device such as swage 80 could be used to deform the upper edge 82 of recessed well 54 sufficiently to retain nozzle ring 21.
- the retaining element need not be particularly rigid or robust and may comprise elements such as, for example, a porous screen, mesh, disk of filter paper, porous plug, etc.
- Such retaining elements can also, in certain embodiments, provide a desirable filtering function to prevent debris from lodging within a nozzle 30 of nozzle ring 21 during operation.
- Figs. 4A-4E illustrate one exemplary embodiment of a surgical instrument provided according to the invention employing an inventive nozzle or nozzle assembly of the invention and/or an inventive nozzle alignment component of the invention.
- the exemplary embodiment illustrated is merely one of a large variety of instruments having a wide variety of configurations and utilizing liquid jets for a wide variety of purposes for which the inventive nozzle or nozzle assemblies and/or nozzle alignment components of the invention can be utilized.
- the liquid jet formed by instrument 100 illustrated in Fig. 4A is utilized for cutting and/or ablating and evacuating tissue 102 of a patient, in other embodiments, the liquid jet may be utilized for other purposes.
- the liquid jet may, in certain embodiments, be utilized solely to drive evacuation and/or for driving rotation of a rotatable component of the instrument, such as a grinding burr or drill.
- a rotatable component of the instrument such as a grinding burr or drill.
- inventive nozzles or nozzle assemblies and/or nozzle alignment components described herein could be utilized for constructing other liquid jet-forming surgical instruments described, for example, commonlyowned U.S. Patent Nos. 5,944,686 ; 6,375,635 and 6,511,493 , and commonly-owned U.S. Patent Publication 2003/0125660 A1 .
- surgical jet instruments such as liquid jet instrument 100, according to the present invention, except as noted below.
- surgical jet instruments according to the present invention in certain embodiments, will include one or more of the above-described inventive nozzles or nozzle assemblies and/or the above-and below-described nozzle alignment components specifically set forth and described herein.
- Figs. 4A and 4B illustrate one embodiment of an assembled surgical handpiece instrument 100 having a distal end 103 including one embodiment of a nozzle alignment component 104 (illustrated in greater detail in Figs. 4C-4E ) provided according to the invention.
- Tissue to be treated with the surgical hand piece is denoted at 102.
- High pressure lumen 106 and evacuation lumen 108 enter handpiece body 110, which in the illustrated embodiment, comprises two mated sections 112 and 114.
- body 110 need not be pressure-tight (i.e., it need not sustain internal pressure).
- body 110 can advantageously include slots or other openings connecting the inside of the body to the surrounding atmosphere to facilitate sterilization of the internal components within the body.
- Components 112 and 114 of hand piece body 110 can be connected together by any convenient means apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art such as including, but not limited to, screw connectors, tab-in-slot connections, adhesives, etc.
- a low pressure evacuation tube 118 and a flexible high pressure hose 120 each of which can be made of a variety of suitable materials as would be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.
- each of the above-mentioned tubes is made of a suitable polymeric material.
- Connections within body 110 facilitating fluid communication between high pressure lumen 106 and flexible high pressure hose 120 and between evacuation lumen 108 and low pressure evacuation tube 118 are illustrated in Fig. 4B . While, in the illustrated embodiment high pressure connection 122 and low pressure connection 124 are located within handpiece body 110, in alternative embodiments, the connections can be made either proximally or distally of the handpiece body.
- high pressure lumen 106 and/or evacuation lumen 108 may simply be provided having a length sufficient to extend completely through handpiece body 110 and, alternatively, proximally thereof, such that a separate high pressure line and suction tube need not be provided.
- High pressure connection 122 can comprise a wide variety of high pressure fittings rated to withstand applied operating pressures, which connections are well known to those skilled in the art and are described in greater detail in commonly-owned US Patent No. 6,375,635 .
- low pressure connector 124 can be any of a wide variety of suitable tubing connections well known to those of ordinary skill in the art and as described in the above-mentioned US Patent No. 6,375,635 .
- High pressure hose 120 is connected to a source of pressurized liquid (e.g., a high pressure pump-not shown).
- Evacuation tube 118 can be connected to a suitable container for containing and storing recovered fluid and debris, and, optionally, containing a filtered outlet for entrained air (not shown).
- the evacuation lumen 108 is shaped and positionable to enable it to remove from a surgical site at least a portion of tissue excised by the liquid jet formed by the nozzle during operation.
- the evacuation lumen is shaped and positionable to enable evacuation of essentially all of the liquid comprising the liquid jet from jet receiving opening 126 of the evacuation lumen 108 to the proximal end 116 of the instrument, without the need for an external source of suction.
- evacuation tube 118 can be connected in fluid communication with a suitable source of suction, such as a vacuum pump, aspirator, house vacuum line, etc.
- evacuation efficiency can be enhanced by providing an enlargement in the internal diameter of the evacuation plumbing - for example in evacuation lumen 108 and/or between evacuation lumen 108 and evacuation tube 118 - proximally of jet-receiving opening 126 and any optional constriction forming a venturi (not shown).
- the inner diameter of the evacuation lumen and/or evacuation tube increases from a certain minimum value at a first, distal location to a certain maximum value at a more proximal location. More detail concerning the configuration of the evacuation lumen in such embodiments can be found in commonly-owned U.S. Patent No.
- Such an expansion advantageously provides a diffuser element able to bring about the above-mentioned enhanced suction effect.
- a diffuser may be provide by simply expanding the internal diameter of the evacuation lumen at some point along its length downstream of jet-receiving opening 126.
- such a diffuser may be effected by, for example, making the jet-receiving opening inner diameter somewhat smaller than the inner diameter of the evacuation lumen at any point downstream of the jet-receiving opening.
- an expansion can be provided by interconnecting the evacuation lumen to evacuation tubing 118 having a somewhat larger internal diameter than the evacuation lumen.
- An exemplary expansion of the evacuation line provided at an interconnection between the evacuation lumen and the evacuation tube could be provided by interconnecting an evacuation lumen having a selected internal diameter, for example of between about 0.1 inch and about 0.6 inch, with evacuation tubing having internal diameter exceeding that internal diameter of the evacuation lumen by about 5% to 150% percent, in certain embodiments between about 20% and 120%, depending on the degree of suction enhancement desired.
- nozzle alignment component 104 The configuration of the illustrated embodiment of a nozzle alignment component 104 and the liquid jet-forming components at the distal end 103 of surgical instrument 100 are illustrated in greater detail in Figs. 4C-4E.
- Fig. 4C illustrates distal end 103 of instrument 100 in cross section, and Figs. 4D and 4E present more detailed views of nozzle alignment component 104.
- distal tip 128 of pressure lumen 106 in the illustrated embodiment, includes nozzle assembly 70' described above in the context of Fig. 3B .
- nozzle ring 21 of nozzle assembly 70' provides an enhanced vena contracta effect reducing or eliminating fluid pinch that can occur when fluid enters a sharp-edge constriction and does not follow the wall of the nozzle initially such that eddies can form between the outer streamlines and the nozzle wall, thereby decreasing efficiency.
- the streamlines of fluid flow tend to enter the nozzle smoothly and less energy is lost in eddies, leading to increased jet velocity, reduced pressure drop and increased collimation of liquid jet 130 formed by nozzle assembly 70'.
- a liquid jet 130 can be formed that remains collimated over a substantially greater jet length JL than for typical conventional prior art nozzle surgical liquid jet instrument nozzle designs.
- a jet opening diameter ND of about 79 ⁇ m (0.0031 inch)
- a liquid jet 130 that does not disperse to the point where a diameter of the expanded base of the jet 132 is three times as great as the initial diameter ND of the jet for at least about 19 mm (0.75 inch) at supply pressures ranging from about 20.7 MPa (3,000 psig) to over 82.7 MPa (12,000 psig).
- This particular example corresponds to a cone angle (2 ⁇ A as shown in Fig. 4C ) of about 7.1 degrees.
- liquid jet 130 formed by nozzle assembly 70' in liquid jet instrument 100 can have a cone angle less than 10 degrees, and in certain embodiments between 3 degrees and 6 degrees.
- This collimation allows the ability to provide longer liquid jet lengths JL than typically provided in conventional surgical liquid jet instruments, for example, liquid jet lengths not less than 5 mm., and certain embodiments not less than 10 mm., in certain embodiments between 10mm and 20 mm, and in certain embodiments between 13mm and 16 mm.
- nozzle ring 21 Although the semicircular cross-sectional profile of nozzle ring 21, described previously, is believed to be particularly efficient, in certain embodiments, significant improvement, over typical conventional surgical liquid jet nozzle designs, can be obtained utilizing other nozzle configurations in which a liquid flow passage through the nozzle has a diameter that continuously decreases along at least a portion of a liquid flow path through the nozzle. Such tapers can at least partially obviate the effects of flow path sharp edges.
- Such tapered nozzles can be produced by a variety of techniques, such as for example the above-mentioned photolithographic/electrodeposition technique, as well as by techniques such as micro-machining of blanks by various known micro machining methods, etc.
- the evacuation lumen 108 can be configured to have a somewhat different relationship of internal diameter to liquid jet dispersed diameter at the inlet to the evacuation lumen than has been described in Applicant's U.S. Patent No. 6,375,635 .
- the jet-receiving opening when providing an evacuation lumen having a smallest internal diameter at the location of the jet-receiving opening, can be sized so that it has a diameter of about 150% to 300% the diameter of a cross section of the base (e.g.
- the jet-receiving opening can be sized so that it has a diameter between about 150% to about 400%, the diameter of a cross-section of the base of the dispersed jet as it crosses the plane defining the jet-receiving opening, and the minimum opening of the constriction can be sized so that it has a diameter of between about 100% to about 200% the diameter of the cross-section of the base of the dispersed jet as it crosses the plane defining the minimum diameter opening of the constriction.
- an inventive nozzle alignment component 104 can be provided located at or near the distal end 103 of the instrument.
- the nozzle alignment component can be is configured and positioned to connect to the pressure lumen and, upon connection to the pressure lumen to align the nozzle with respect to the evacuation lumen so that the liquid jet enters the jet-receiving opening along a desired trajectory, when the instrument is in operation.
- nozzle alignment component 104 comprises an insert including a groove or channel 140 therein that is sized and configured to contain and secure a distal region of pressure lumen 106.
- Channel 140 may have a width and depth selected to mate with the outer diameter of high pressure lumen 106, such that the high pressure lumen can "snap into” the groove, thereby securely retaining and immobilizing the pressure lumen with respect to the component.
- the connection between the high pressure lumen and the alignment component 104 can be provided or enhanced by securing the high pressure lumen within groove 140 via other connection means, for example adhesives, welding, brazing, straps or clamps, etc.
- the distal end of the high pressure lumen Prior to fabrication, the distal end of the high pressure lumen can be bent, for example on a mandrel, and, upon fabrication, snapped into groove 140 of nozzle alignment component 104.
- a proximal region of nozzle alignment component 104 comprising a downstream end of the insert, includes a section 142 that is sized and configured to be insertable into the jet receiving opening 126 of evacuation lumen 108.
- the outer diameter of section 142 of alignment component 104 may be equal to or slightly greater than the inner diameter of the distal end of evacuation lumen 108.
- downstream evacuation lumen connecting component 142 of nozzle alignment component 104 can be secured within the distal end of evacuation tube 108 via any one of wide variety of suitable means that would be apparent to those skilled in the art.
- a compression sleeve may be provided to securely interconnect downstream portion 142 of alignment component 104 within the distal end of evacuation lumen 108.
- nozzle alignment component 104 further comprises therein an elongated jet interacting channel 144, having a depth DC (see Fig. 4E ) and a length JL, wherein the liquid jet interacting channel 144 includes a longitudinally-oriented opening 146 to the surrounding environment extending along at least a portion of its length and, as is illustrated, along essentially the entire length, of the channel. Adjacent to the longitudinally-oriented jet interacting channel 144 are tissue contacting surfaces 148, which can be apposed to tissue within a surgical operating field during use of the instrument to facilitate the desired depth of cut.
- vent apertures 150 may be provided that are configured and positioned to provide fluid communication between an interior region of channel 144 and the surrounding environment when the longitudinally-oriented opening 146 of channel 144 is occluded by contact with tissue in the operating field during use.
- the particular function and advantage of providing such as jet- interacting channel is described in much greater detail in Applicant's U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0125660 A1 , referred to above.
- FIG. 5C illustrates the distal tip 128 of pressure lumen 106 prior to completion of formation of nozzle assembly 70', thus illustrating the appearance of holder 50 prior to insertion of nozzle ring 21 and the securing of the nozzle ring by crimping the distal tip of the pressure lumen, as is illustrated in the finished nozzle assembly 70' illustrated in Fig. 5D .
- Nozzle alignment component 104' is similar to nozzle alignment component 104 previously described except that the pressure lumen securing region of nozzle alignment component 104' positioned upstream of jet interacting channel 144 comprises a lumen 160, which completely surrounds the outer diameter of the distal portion 162 of pressure lumen 106 when the pressure lumen is inserted in to the nozzle alignment component 104'.
- pressure lumen 106 can be bent, on a mandrel, and, the bent distal portion of pressure lumen 106 can then be inserted into nozzle alignment component 104' by sliding the pressure lumen into groove 140 and lumen 160 in the direction of arrow 164.
- Nozzle alignment component 170 is integrally formed in a distal portion of evacuation lumen 108' itself. As such, alignment component 170 is configured and positioned to connect to distal region 162' of pressure lumen 106, but is integrally formed as part of the distal end of evacuation lumen 108', rather than being interconnected to the evacuation as was the case with the configurations previously illustrated in Figs. 4A-5D .
- Nozzle alignment component 170 also illustrates an embodiment utilizing a nozzle assembly 70", previously illustrated and described in the context of Fig. 3C , in which liquid flow through the nozzle assembly tends to force nozzle ring 21 into sealing engagement with seating surfaces 58' of recessed well 54 of holder 50".
- retaining element 78 as illustrated need not be particularly mechanically strong or provide a particularly high level of restraining force.
- retaining element 78 comprises a disk of a porous material, for example filter paper or filter media, inserted upstream of nozzle ring 21.
- distal region 162' of pressure lumen 106 Upon assembly in forming a functional surgical instrument including nozzle alignment component 170, distal region 162' of pressure lumen 106 would be inserted in to the distal end 172 of recessed well 54 and affixed and secured therein, for example by welding, brazing, solder, tubing fittings, etc.
- a jet interacting channel 144' having an opening 146' interacting with a surrounding atmosphere and tissue contacting surfaces 148' can be fabricated from and evacuation lumen via cutting out a segment of the sidewall of the tubing comprising the evacuation lumen, as illustrated, or, in alternative embodiments, by forming a cavity in the side wall of the evacuation lumen by, for example pressing or stamping an indentation into the sidewall.
- Nozzle alignment component 170 and the nozzle assembly configuration and evacuation lumen configuration illustrated in Figs. 6A-6D have the advantage of being simple in configuration and easy to manufacture, because few parts are required, and the configuration can be prepared by machining, casting, or other convenient fabrication methods.
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- Instrument de chirurgie comprenant :un ensemble gicleur comprenant un composant fournissant une buse (21) qui est façonné pour former un jet liquide, etune lumière de pression (56) configurée et positionnée afin de transporter un flux de liquide à l'ensemble gicleur ; caractérisé en ce que :l'ensemble gicleur comprend un support (50) comprenant un évidement creux (54) formé dans la pointe distale de la lumière de pression, ledit support étant configuré pour retenir et positionner le composant fournissant une buse dans l'ensemble gicleur, et en ce que :le composant fournissant une buse comprend un passage du flux de liquide (38) ayant un diamètre qui diminue de manière continue le long d'au moins une partie d'une voie du flux de liquide à travers le passage du flux de liquide.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 1, dans lequel l'évidement creux présente une surface de portée (58) comprenant un trou dans la surface, dont le trou met le fluide en communication avec la lumière de pression, le trou ayant un diamètre intérieur inférieur à un diamètre extérieur du composant fournissant une buse lorsque le composant fournissant une buse est contenu dans l'évidement creux du support, et dans lequel l'évidement creux du support présente un diamètre intérieur au moins aussi grand que le diamètre extérieur du composant fournissant une buse lorsque le composant fournissant une buse est contenu dans l'évidement creux du support.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 1, dans lequel
un rapport d'une longueur de voie du flux de liquide à travers une buse de composant fournissant une buse sur un diamètre intérieur minimal d'un orifice formant un jet de la buse ne dépasse pas 4 ; et dans lequel
le jet liquide formé par l'instrument lorsqu'il est en fonctionnement présente un angle de cône maximal ne dépassant pas 10 degrés. - Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 1, comprenant en outre :une lumière d'évacuation (108) comprenant une ouverture recevant le jet (126) située à l'opposé d'une buse du composant fournissant une buse afin de recevoir au moins une partie du jet liquide émis par la buse, lorsque l'instrument est en fonctionnement, et qui est configurée et positionnée pour transporter un flux de liquide loin de l'ouverture recevant le jet ; etun composant d'alignement de buse (104) situé au niveau ou à proximité de l'extrémité distale de l'instrument qui est configuré et positionné pour se relier à la lumière de pression et à la lumière d'évacuation et, pour aligner suite au raccordement à la lumière de pression et à la lumière d'évacuation, la buse par rapport à la lumière d'évacuation de sorte que le jet liquide pénètre dans l'ouverture recevant le jet le long d'une trajectoire sélectionnée, lorsque l'instrument est en fonctionnement.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 4, dans lequel le composant fournissant une buse possède une forme d'un tore en anneau et dans lequel le tore en anneau est hémisphérique, de sorte qu'une section transversale du tore en anneau, suivant un plan contenant l'axe central longitudinal du trou du tore en anneau, qui comprend le passage du flux de liquide, présente la forme d'un demi-cercle.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 2, dans lequel le composant fournissant une buse est suffisamment fixé et retenu par le support de sorte que l'ensemble gicleur soit capable de résister à une pression interne de liquide d'au moins 20,7 MPa (3,000 Psig) sans défaillance.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 2, dans lequel le support est configuré pour maintenir et positionner le composant fournissant une buse dans une configuration où le jet liquide formé par une buse du composant fournissant une buse est dirigé le long d'une trajectoire souhaitée.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 7, dans lequel la surface de portée est située en aval du composant fournissant une buse, de sorte que le liquide sous pression passant à travers le composant fournissant une buse lors de la formation du jet liquide tende à forcer une surface du composant fournissant une buse pour se mettre en contact avec la surface de portée.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 8, dans lequel l'ensemble gicleur comprend en outre un élément de retenue positionné dans le support en amont du composant fournissant une buse.
- Instrument de chirurgie de la revendication 9, dans lequel l'élément de retenue comprend un tamis poreux, une maille, ou un disque de papier-filtre.
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